HTFU ! Acyually logisitcis would be a piece of piss too. Trains from London to Manchester can be booked from about £8 each way in advance, and they all stop at Macclesfield. The station is about 100yds from the bottom of the Cat and fiddle. Or get a route sheet from the Polka Dot Challenge Sportive, which begins and ends near Macc. Or do a route to include Holme Moss (about as near as you can get to an Alp in the UK).
So
Train to Macc
100 miles of lovely Peak District hills.
Beers in Macc
Train home in time for last orders at your local.
You ain't really cycled until you've gone through a horizontal hailstorm on the C&F.
HTFU ! Acyually logisitcis would be a piece of piss too. Trains from London to Manchester can be booked from about £8 each way in advance, and they all stop at Macclesfield. The station is about 100yds from the bottom of the Cat and fiddle. Or get a route sheet from the Polka Dot Challenge Sportive, which begins and ends near Macc. Or do a route to include Holme Moss (about as near as you can get to an Alp in the UK).
So
Train to Macc
100 miles of lovely Peak District hills.
Beers in Macc
Train home in time for last orders at your local.
You ain't really cycled until you've gone through a horizontal hailstorm on the C&F.